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Devoted teachers and scholars, Thayer School faculty engage both undergraduate and graduate students in learning to investigate, analyze, innovate, and communicate.
"Along with world-class research, what sets our faculty apart is their emphasis on teaching our students—both in the laboratory and in the classroom—to use technology to make a difference by solving the real and pressing problems that affect society every day."
—Joe Helble, Dean
Although Thayer School has a single unified department of engineering, within the research section you may browse projects by discipline. You may also browse books by Thayer School faculty.
By the numbers
- Core: 51
- Adjunct & Visiting: 31
- Emeriti: 6
- Lecturers: 7
Faculty distinctions
Thayer School faculty include members of both the National Academy of Engineering and the National Inventors Hall of Fame, an American Society for Engineering Education Outstanding Educator, and fellows of
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- American Geophysical Union
- American Physical Society
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- American Society of Materials
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- ASM International
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- Institute of Industrial Engineers
- Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
- Materials Research Society
- Optical Society of America
- Society of Manufacturing Engineers
- Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers
- The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society